Archive for November, 2009

Even better, you can watch it on telly

The video of Nick and Vince’s relaunch of the Mansion tax and other goodies is online.

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Nick Clegg and Vince Cable due to speak on tax policy at CentreForum event

CentreForum is hosting a Nick Clegg Vince Cable event today on tax policy. Watch this space for an updated post.

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Bad History – an addiction for the miserabilists

A new column called Bad History debunks some of the classic miserabilism that fuels the illiberal Tory right.

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The quote of the day for me right now

From Bertrand Russell One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. Here’s to getting to Christmas in one piece.

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Homeopathy really annoys me

Homeopathy exploits gullibility in a way no less dishonourable than financial mis-selling.

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Freethinking Economist Rabbiting On at Length

The talk with Vince about the State and the Market is now online. Has been for a month . . .

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Dubai: good boom or bad boom?

Dubai: a financial crisis and an environmentally mad model – but at least they were trying to build a sustainable, non-oil dependent future.

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Updates on ResPublica

You can’t fault ResPublica for an ability to generate chat amongst westminster policy types. Here is some more.

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The Launch of ResPublica

ResPublica have EVERYTHING to prove, particularly after a launch event more suited to a major Hollywood movie than a think tank that has not really done anything yet

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Not sure what Policy Exchange are adding here . . .

Policy Exchange seems to add nothing to the debate about whether fiscal policy can work or not, except a reiteration of what we already know: that they have made up their mind in advance. Meanwhile, the Left manages to be equally uninspiring. Ho Hum.

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